Sid Foster Graves

Background

Graves, Sid Foster was born on May 11, 1946 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Sidney Foster and Sarah Susan Graves.

Education

Bachelor, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1968; Master of Arts, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1971; Master of Library Science, Peabody College, 1973.

Career

Architectural reporter Dodge division, McGraw Hill, Jackson, 1968-1969; instructor English, U. Mississippi, 1968-1972; director, South Mississippi Regional Library., Columbia, 1973-1976; executive director, Carnegie Public Library./Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1976-1995; retired, 1995. Guest lecturer U. Alabama Graduate School Library. Sciences, Tuscaloosa, 1979.

Member Mississippi Humanities Council, since 1988, project director, 1983, Mississippi Library. Committee, Jackson, 1983.

Achievements

• Sid Foster Graves has been listed as a noteworthy library and museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Tennessee Williams Festival Committee, 1992, 93. Member American Library Association (notable books county 1990-1994), Mississippi Museum Association (president 1985), Mississippi Library. Association (president 1989, Outstanding Achievement award 1980, Past President's award 1976), Governor's award for lifetime career in thearts, 1996. M C.

Connections

Married Laura Charjean Laughlin. 1 child from previous marriage, Martha Abigail.

Father:

Sidney Foster Graves

Mother:

Sarah Susan Graves

Spouse:

Laura Charjean Laughlin